Seoul, September 30 – October 6, 2015, http://www.galerie-gaia.net/ A painting exhibition I discovered by chance, right at the beginning of the main tourist-crowded Insadong Street. The strong colors and contrasts reminded me of Henri Matisse or other fauvists, but I had a hard time relating it to the here and now. The subject matter –…
Seoul, August 4 – November 1, 2015 – February 24, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The show featured four Korean artists nominated for the KAP. I went very quickly through the show but still, I got some impressions, and most importantly, some afterthoughts (see below).
Seoul, September 22, 2015 – February 24, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The theme of the show was announced to be the relationship between humans and non-human entities. The title was taken from a wrong translation of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer. And indeed the show consisted of works that made objects come alive or humans seem as objects.…
Seoul, September 15, 2015 – February 14, 2016, http://mmca.go.kr The interesting thing about this show was that there was almost nothing in the space. Ahn Kyuchul seems to be a seriously “conceptual” artist, and this seriousness is something to be respected. At the same time, the show did not feel like something detached and theoretical.…
Seoul, September 25 – Octobe 7, 2015, Facebook, Naver The show consisted of two large installations and a little booklet.
Gyeonggi-do, Paju-si, September 5 – 29, 2015, http://mimesisart.co.kr/mimesis-art-museum/ The visit to this museum has been shaped by the long way it took to get there. I have heard some good words about Paju Book city, and I was curious about the place as well as about the museum. I can confirm that there is indeed…
Seoul, September 25 – November 15, 2015, http://www.museum.go.kr The temporary exhibition of Early Buddhist Sculpture was very welcoming and easy to navigate. It was just the right size to spend between half an hour (running through) to two hours (taking careful looks). It was logically structured along a simple narrative from early origins of Buddhism…
Seoul, August 28 – October 25, 2015, http://ilmin.org/ Cho Duck Hyun’s main skill is the ability to minutely copy photographs as graphite pencil drawings on large canvases covered with Korean mulberry paper. The photos are reproduced in black and white, and the originals are also usually black and white vintage photographs. This technique that produced…
Seoul, September 16 – 30, 2015, http://www.ujungartcenter.com/ An exhibition of paintings. All seem to be based on old black and white photographs, but I did not know why, so I assume it is the preferred period in which the artist would like to live if she could choose. The element of fascination with the past…
Seoul, September 16 – December 15, 2015, https://www.cccc.or.kr/, http://www.aptinstitute.org Jung Ju An, Je Baak, Sunghun Choi & Sunmin Park, RohwaJeong, Sojung Jun, Lee Nam Lee, Wan Lee, Yongseok Oh, Junebum Park, Ho Yeol Ryu, Shin Kiwoun, Yangachi, Hyun Mi Yoo The Creative Center for Convergence Culture is located in Seoul’s Digital Media City, a purpose-built…